All About That Bin!

I’m scrap-cited and chan­nel­ling my inner Meghan Train­or with a little bit of All About That Bass Bin! That’s a bin to store my fab­ric scraps (just in case you were wondering -:))

I know, I know!  It seems like every time you turn around someone is talk­ing about scraps.    How do you store them?  Should you col­our code them?  Do they need to be cut in dif­fer­ent sizes?   The list goes on.…and on… and on.    So I hope you can bear with me for just a little bit because I have a new scrap stor­age sys­tem and I’m super happy with it!

I’ve nev­er had much space to store fab­ric and sew­ing equip­ment, at the moment I’m a one cup­board kind of girl but that’s about to change.  We are doing some minor renov­a­tions around here so that I can have a ded­ic­ated sew­ing room.   It’s super excit­ing and ser­i­ously hard work to stop myself from buy­ing too many ‘things’ for the new sew­ing room until we get the floor­ing replaced.    The one indul­gence I’ve allowed myself is these two bins that I’ll be using for my fab­ric scraps.

Over the years I have tried a num­ber of dif­fer­ent sys­tems for fab­ric scraps.   They’ve all worked for a while but I’ve nev­er been truly happy with any of them.   Just recently I was sit­ting on the floor sur­roun­ded by scrap fab­ric and con­tain­ers when it hit me.   My fab­ric scrap sys­tem needs to be:-

• easy to add to;
• stress free — i.e. no col­our cod­ing or cutting;
• with­in reach so I can actu­ally use the fab­ric; and
• not look like a dog threw up in the corner!

I real­ised that I had nev­er actu­ally stood and stared lov­ingly at the care­fully cur­ated col­our col­lec­tions I have organ­ised into cute coordin­at­ing con­tain­ers.  Nor have I ever del­ic­ately lif­ted each piece of fab­ric in the con­tain­ers so as not to mess it up while I’m try­ing to find what I need.   I dump everything on the floor and have a lovely time find­ing the per­fect pieces for the pro­ject I’m work­ing on.   And then… I have had to put it all back.   Aaggghhh!

Not any more though.   I found these bins in the laun­dry sec­tion of a depart­ment store.  They’re smal­ler than a stand­ard laun­dry bin at around 12″ high with a 11″ dia­met­er.   Since they are made from fab­ric I fig­ure they will also allow the scraps to breath which is fant­ast­ic.    They match the decor in my house per­fectly and, they hold a huge amount of fab­ric scraps.    I am a bit par­tial to Bon­nie & Cam­ille fab­rics so I’ve sep­ar­ated those scraps into their own bin.     Everything else can go in the oth­er one and both can sit beside my cut­ting table  so that the leftover fab­ric can go straight into the bins as I cut out new projects.

I already have a scrap pro­ject in mind and am look­ing for­ward to spend­ing a bit of time sit­ting on the floor choos­ing the fab­rics I’m going to need.   I’m also look­ing for­ward to not hav­ing a massive cleanup to do when I’m done since I can just pop everything back in the bins ready for next time!   Per­fect don’t you think?

Until next time…    It’s all ’bout that bass bin, ’bout that bin, no treble trouble!